Silat teachers

There are 2 types of Silat teachers out there today....

1) the ones that sell you the fish....

2) the ones that teach you how to fish for yourself....

which one do you want to learn from?

Why is it that in most Commercial MA schools offer "Silat" but its only after you have been in there for 3 or 4 years that you are allowed to learn it?

How come they "dangle" the Silat carrot in front of you and tease you with a few silat moves but do not let you in unless you have gotten in to their phases 3 or 4 or their "Black Belt clubs"? Then once you are in the "elite" they teach you techniques upon techniques but you never are taught the real keys to the art nor the principles that would allow you to really 1) make it work. 2) Develop fast. Truth is SILAT is not technique based....

So what is it they DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW?

Or what is it that they don't know themselves?

I have heard this before lets see if you too have heard this......

"well you need JKD" 1st to learn how to move kick & Punch.... Really??? We dont have Pukulan & Kicks? We dont have striking? Footwork? Attack /Evasive/ and defensive Strategies???

"Well you need Muay Thai".....Really? We dont have shin kicks? Knees? Elbows??

"well you need FMA/KALI"...Really? So wait we dont have Sharp blades? Sticks, Flexible Weapons?

"Well you need to learn how to grapple and fight in the ground".....Really? We dont have locks, breaks, ground fighting?

"only learn the throws in Silat" Really? So how will you pull those off with out a real background in Silat?

The next one is "Well you need mixed martial arts....

My answer is Do and learn exactly everything that is NOT ALLOWED IN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS and you will become lethal and feared very quickly....

Why wait to do Silat? Just start it from the word go if you truly want to study it.

Now I am not saying ONLY study silat. There are many Great Martial arts out there. And you should expose yourself to all of them to see what works BEST FOR YOU as an individual. But I am however saying if you are going to study SILAT, do it right and immerse yourself in it and become it.

Peace & God Bless

Guru Santiago